Preview - Famous Puppet Death Scenes - January 2007

Preview - Famous Puppet Death Scenes
Push Festival - VECC - January 25 - 27

I seem to be spending a fair amount of time at the Cultch this year. They've had some really nice shows lately and I won't even hold it against them for the cancellation of Hecuba (seeing as it has nothing to do with them and all). A couple of friends of mine and I went to the Ronnie Burkett show 10 Days on Earth there and it very well may be the best thing any of us has seen - and we've seen A LOT. Which segue's nicely to today's topic - Famous Puppet Death Scenes as put on by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop out of Calgary. The same two friends and I went to this show last year at the Push Festival and had no idea what to expect, which is actually a rather nice frame of mind to go to a show with. We laughed, we cried, we laughed some more. It was essentially 30 or so "shorts" showcasing famous puppet death scenes. They were indeed puppet death scenes (some poignant, some silly, some both) but not famous (not yet anyway) as they were all created by The Trouts themselves. I think what I loved most about it was how varied it was. There were quite a number of different puppet styles and set styles - which really added to the feeling that these really could be Famous scenes from who knows where. So now we're gathering our friends, families and enemies and insisting everyone go to this show. If you go on January 26th, be sure to come and say hi.

And for those who are interested, one of the founders of The Trouts is the same dude from The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, also author of such books as The Wolf King. Talented bastard.